Bernina 530 Manual - Page 48
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1) Setting of machine when using, ordinary zigzag stitch • a) Attach blindstitch foot • b) Deflect needle to right position • c) Set zigzag knob to a stitch width between 2 and 3 according to thickness of material • d) Set stitch length to 4 • e) Set feed dog for normal sewing. After having threaded the machine, put the lower fiat piece of material underneath the blindstitch foot, then put the upper piece of material on top and fold it in such manner that it always touches the elastic guide, lower the blindstitch.foot and start sewing. The zigzag stitch width is to set in such manner that the needle on its left deflection is stitching through the middle of the folded piece of material, which will make the seam invisible on the upper piece of material, when flattened. Such stitch width is, depending from thickness of material used, between 2 and 3. 2) Setting of machine for automatic blindstitching When blindstitching with the ordinary zigzag stitch, the folded piece of material is pierced on every second stitch; when using the automatic blindstitch cam, there are five straight stitches between each piercing of the folded piece of material. The machine is set as follows: 9 • a) Attach blindstitch foot • b) Push zigzag ornamental stitch lever 61 (Fig. 63) to the back (1-13) • c) Put ornamental stitch selector 54 to blindstitch pattern (1) • d) Set needle to centre position • e) Set zigzag knob to a stitch width between 2 and 3 according to thickness of material • f) Set stitch length to 2, 3 or 4 according to kind of material • g) Set feed dog for normal sewing. The blindstitching then is done as mentioned under 1). 9